permalinks/.htaccess problem - WP1.5 (5 posts)

I'm sorry this is going to be quite a long post due to the LONG error message I'm receiving.

This is a brand new install of WP1.5. Ive never used it and was impressed so wanted to try it out. My problem:

I'm trying to get permalinks to work, but when I enter a structure and click on "Update Permalink Structure" I get the following at the top of my screen:

Warning: fopen(C:/PHP/php.exe/.htaccess): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 477

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 496

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 498

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 500

Warning: fopen(C:/PHP/php.exe/.htaccess): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 477

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 496

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

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Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

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Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 497

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 498

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\www\kalimpong\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-functions.php on line 500

My index.php file is in the root i.e at http://www.kalimpong.info, not at kalimpong.info/wordpress.
I didnt have an .htaccess file in that directory so made an empty one and put it in there but that doesnt help either.

This is driving me nuts.

Please help.

Thanks in advance. ( ps - I am hosting this on my own computer with apache installed as the server. Am not very good with the apache stuff though, although Ive been running it fine.. )

OK, My PHP was installed as a CGI rather than an Apache module so I changed that and now I dont get that long list of error messages anymore.
However, my permalinks still do not work, coz I get a 404 not found error. I havent searched in the support for this yet, so I'll do a search before I ask any specific questions.